A call about a 'domestic duck' waddling down the sidewalk led police in Massachusetts to assist a new feathered friend.Officers with the Greenfield Police Department arrived to find the bird "waddling down the sidewalk like a drunken sailor." Unable to locate the fowl's family, officers say they placed it in custody and held it for safekeeping. The amusing story made its way onto the Department's Facebook page. Even with the comical comments, officers still hold out hope that the bird can be reunited with their fowl friends and family.

GREENFIELD, Mass. —

A call about a 'domestic duck' waddling down the sidewalk led police in Massachusetts to assist a new feathered friend.

Officers with the Greenfield Police Department arrived to find the bird "waddling down the sidewalk like a drunken sailor." Unable to locate the fowl's family, officers say they placed it in custody and held it for safekeeping.

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The amusing story made its way onto the Department's Facebook page. Even with the comical comments, officers still hold out hope that the bird can be reunited with their fowl friends and family.